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THE SCKANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY. MAY d. 1898.
COL COURSEN
ON FURLOUGH
Serious Illness of His
Wife Recalls Him to
This City.
THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME
Work of Recruiting Companies
to Regular Army Footing.
WILL. NOT I1U COMMUNCKD UNTIL.
IT IB DKrJNITIILY ASCERTAINED
HOW MANY MLW AHI2 NCEDKD
CUTE THICK PLAYED hy the SEC
OND UUIQADi: TO ENABLE OEN-
'eHAL W1LEYS COMMAND TO MAKE
UODD SHOWING IN THE MUSTEK
or VOLUNTEEItlNG-NUMBEIt Of
MEN IN EACH HEGIMENT OV THAT
BRIGADE WHO ARE WILLING TO
GO TO THE EltONT.
1'iom n. Staff Corresj onclent.
Camp Daniel II. Hustings, Mt
Oretim, Pa., May ."?. Colonel II. A.
Com sen will retui n home on furlough
tomorrow iftcr the muster takes place
find while there will debate and proba
bly decide a question which regrettable
c'uuinstnnces lme ntoiisail. Whether
or not he will give up his commission
ns commander of the Thirteenth lest
ment. Colonel Coursenf.s wife is ill,
precariously 111. She- was in a clangei
ous condition when he left home and
fcinre then has grown steadily worse
Today he eceled n message ftom Dr.
Connill, baying that the attending phy
sloiaiih would not hold themselves re
sponsible for the result of his continued
absence.
Colonel Coursen will go to his wife's
Ixds-ide tomonow- and if the phjslclans
ta to him that his leaving means a
fatal shock he will .stay there. He
hopes to be able to convince her of
vWiat is generally accepted heie as a
ceitainty, that the Pennsjlvanl.i sol
diers will neer get past Washington
anil tli.it he can iitn up and visit hei
frequently. If ho Is successful In this
he will be able to sue himself the sac
Htlie that Is now threatened the foi
s iking of his devoted regiment and Mie
giving up of a colonel's commission in
the legular army.
The rectulting agents at homo will
have near another week In which to
complete their woik. Word was sent
to the regimental commanders today to
the effect that the work of jecrulting
the companies up to the regulat army
fuotlng will not be commenced until
it Is definitely ascertained how many
additional men aie needed.
Considering the slowness with vvhleli
the task of phvslcallj examining the
men and taking their , descriptions,
must neccsailly proceed, it is safe to
niv that It will be a week et before
oillreis will bo sent home to enlist and
bilng on the lecruits
Colonel Coursen said today that it
would piobably be Tuesday befoie the
Tliliteenth's leeiuiting olflceis would
be despatched This means another
two weeks at Mt Gietna and In Mew
of the news fiom the sea, ft nlso means
the possibility of not even a trip to
AVashington.
SECOND BRIGADE THICK.
The second brigade is not honoiably
entitled to all the credit that nt a liist
glance appears to be due them fiom
the showing made at today's muster.
The wily westerneis in several of
General W lie's leglments allowed
borne of its members who did not In
tend volunteering, to stay behind in
camp and filled in the bleaches with
ri-riults who came on with the com
panics to take advantage of the liist
opportunity to enlist. It wns carrUd
to extremes, howevei, and now the
second, by geneial consent. Is ruled out
of the btlgade race for the enlisting
of the biggest percentage of its men.
Following is n summary of the leg.
lmental ofllcers volunteering from the
Second btlgade and the total number
company olilceis and enlisted men un
Hwerlng lea or no. The list is made
up of only those answering on the Held.
The intention of men and olilcers on
detail or away with leave cannot be
learned until they lepoit to their com
panies or commands,
l'ourtcenth Iteglmcnt-Colonel Glenn
J.ieutenmt Colonel Grahun, Mujos Ncbblt
mill Thompson, Aojutant Doollttle, Sur
,eon Juhiuori, Assistant Burgeons Em
uierllng and Srodes, Inspector of itiilo
I'rictlv'e McDonnell, Chaplain McGulru,
Battalion Adjutants McCoy and Lea All
companj olilceis volunteered and of the
mlibted ID7 answered "jes" and 17 "no
Sixteenth H-glmunt Colonel Hullngs
I.leuttnutitl'olcni lltlcharils Majors Wind
nor and Heed, Adjutant Kobertson, Quar
tet nutiter Corvln, Surgeon Johnston, As
Bltant Burgeons Thrjer and Johnston
Chaplain Lovvcy. Battalion Adjutant
Brheidc. Every company olllccr and cv
rr ono of the Ui enlisted men answered
"es "
fifth Iteglrrcnt Colonel llurchfleld.
J.leutennnt Colonel Elder. Malors Ken
nely and MiNamaia Adjutant 1 air,
Qinrterniiister Pathurnt, Surgeon Staler,
Assistant Burgeons Itutledgc and Ilnyc.
Inspectoi or Hlfto 1'iaitlro Caldwell
('hujilaln Hartmau, Hattallon Adjutants
Chanev nnil Btaer. All companv iillicers
volimtcered nnd of the enlisted men 437
Hald "es," and tt "no "
Klghtooiith lloglment Colonel Bmlth.
I.leutrnnnt Colonel Itutledge, Mujois Kay
and Davis, udjutaut (ucaiit). Quarto"
maimer Anhant, 8irgcou Wiley, Assist
tint Surgeon Mtlllgan, Battnllon, Adjutants
'l-wrg flml pi.ll 1"-. . wtlnnillV
officer and all of tho 'iV enlisted men on
tho field volunteered.
rifttuith Itcglnient Colonel Kreis,
Lieutenant Colonel Machtlngs, Majors
Crawford and Baker, Adjutant I'aekard,
Quartermaster Iluekholdt, Asslstnnt Sur
geons Martin nnd Wright, Inspector ot
ltlflo Practlco Caldwell, Chaplain Haves,
Hattallon Adjutants Armstrong and
Brown All company officers and tho Vol
cnllsti d mm volunteered
Tenth lleglmcnt Colonel Hawkins,
Lieutenant Colonel Harnett Major Cuth
bcrton and Hlovcr, Adjutant Duiuan
CJunrtermaster McCormlrk. Surgeon NefT
Assistant Surgeons Coffen nnil, MeCor
mlclc, Inspictor ot Hllle Practice l'nulev
CbapJnin Hunter, Battalion Adjutants
Scott and Ctowell All company olilceis
volunteerod and of the enlisted men J7.1
answered "es" nnd 17 declined
Battery H Captain Hunt nnd all lieu
tenants and every one ot tho 7i enlisted
men nnsvvend cs.
Sheridan Troop Cnptnln Jones, CI en
listed men Four refued.
T, J. Dufty.
WHAT THIRD BRIGADE WILL DO
Tharo Will lln No Meditation About
Volnntoerlng.
I'rom a Staff Correspondent
Camp Daniel II. Hastings, Mt Gret
na, May 3 Today's nctlon on the part
of the Second brigade in mustering in
So per cent, of its membership, has set
tled all question of a revolt or even a
hesitation by the Third brigade in en
listing as fully us possible. If there
ever was a possible intention of mak
ing a kick because of General Gobln's
not.-nppolntment. It Is now removed
General Gobln, for some unexplained
reason, has also changed ftont, and in
stead of the somewhat sulky spit It
which was attiibuted to him eaillii in
the week, he Is now all enthusiasm over
tho enlistment and lias given whit
vlrtmllv amounts toordeis to have the
ciptnins work fot as'full an enlistment
as possible; The Second brigade sur
passed tho Flist, and Geneinl Gobln
tun- anxiously desires that his com
mand should exeell the Second.
WH VT COLONEL COUHSEN SAID.
Colonel Com sen said this morning
that his olilcers would not hold to tht
resolution declaring that they would
not go out unless It was under Geneial
Gobln The circumstances are changed,
he said, and the general has now un
mistakably Indicated that any sem
blance of a revolt en his account vlll
not only be displeasing to him but will
call for ccnsui e.
The ofllcers have been lautloned
against olllclally uiging their men to
enlist and Colonel Coursen frowned up
on a suggestion that th regiment
should bo eanvased and the non-volunteers
left in camp befoie going out
for mustei. so that a giand-stand
show ing might be made Some of the
commands of the Second bilgade are
accused of having done this
Rumor has it that General Gobln will
be re-rommlcsloni d and that he will be
the onlv ono of the brigadiers thus hon
oied Adjutant Genual Stewart gave
it out todav that when the soldle is went
south they would go as a ellvlslon nnd
not in bilgades or leglments as report
ed This means that the stuy at Mt.
Gretna will be prolonged far past ear
llei expectations.
AN EYE TO THE FUTITHE.
That tho possibilities of the future
aie not being Ignored Is attcteel by
the manocuvrlngs on the various par
ado giounds dally. Instead of the fan
cy drilling and minstrel show move
ment that are wont to obtain at en
campments, the men ore being put
thiough such tactics as pel tain panic
ulatly to actual combat. Sklimishlng
In single open lino Is the favoilte move
mint, the new weapons of warfaie mak
ing clos.cd-oi del fighting a tiling of the
past, except In repelling a Jiavonet oi
c.ivaltj chat go
It is not Infrequent that the inter
esting sight presents itself of two com
mands that are being dillled at the
same tlmo on the big Held come to
gether and do battle with all the accom
paniments ot a real conflict except the
blood. The fact th?t these manoeuvres
aie impiomptu makes them all the
moie Intel estlng Long marches, bridge
building, load making and striking
camp are soine- of the dulls that will
follow the mustei.
It is i .lining slightly todnj, but not
enough, to be very dlsagieeable.
T. J. Duffy.
NOT AFFECTCD BY AGE LIMIT.
Line Officers of tho Thirteenth Are
on tho ltiatit Mile.
From a Staff Correspondent
Camp Daniel II. Hastings, Mt
Gietna, May 3 None of the lino ol
flceis of the Thirteenth will be affected
by the age limit, fortv-llve jeais, but
one of tho number. Second Lieutenant
David W Davis, of Companv (' , lias
decided, for good and suflliient fam
ily leasons, not to go into the tegular
army. With this single exception, the
captalm and lieutenants will all ne
cept tegular1 at my commissions.
Many a lompany that went out for
muster yesterday expecting that Its oi
ganlatlon would volunteer, virtually,
as a whole, heaid as many ns fifteen
of Its members answer "No." Five
men In ono of the companies of the
stale fenclbles, one after the othei
said "No" It might have been the
remaikable clicumstunee that live
members of the same company whose
names begin with the same or adja
cent letteis of tho alphabet had made
up their minds before coming on the
field that they would not enlist. The
more leaBonable conclusion, though, Is
tiifit some of them weie Influenced by
the action of tho other or othcis who
preceded.
The appealing letter from mother or
Mary, the contemplation in wife and
children struggling for possibly two
ye.iiH on the remnants of a (13 salaiy,
the thought of a professional practlco
in business demoinllzed and destroyed
nfiei years of hard toll and struggling
to build it up, the diend of the loss of
mi aiduously earned position piomls
Ing sure advancement towards the goal
of success, these and numerous kin
dred considerations keep many a mind
wavering until the very last moment
and a "no" or a "yes" from the man
Immediately preceding may do inoro
to affect his decision than all tho
thouebt be expended on th auction
since It first presented Itself to him,
innvhc, twelve months ago, Tho Third
hrlundo will make a better showing to
morrow than did tho regiments mus
tered veslcrday. T. J, Duffy.
aossiPOFTimcAMP.
Company V Addressed by III Com
mander, Ciiplnlu 1'cllowi.
From n Staff Correspondent
Camp Daniel H. Hastings. Mt. Grotna,
May 3 Compinv V had a meeting this
looming and was addressed by Captain
Fellows in an Informal way upon de
votion to the command as evidenced nv
enlistment. He said ho hoped every mem
ber would bo able to volunteer, but he did
not want any mm to be hccdleH ot the
governor's admonition. There wns tie vote
takrn but the cheers Indicated that there
will bo few stay-be hinds
Quartet master Cro has been promlsid
cMin latloiis for tho additional men In
citnp nnd hereafter thire will be no scare
Itl of food, it is thought. Hie fact that
the regiment Is cnrrvlng xtia men,
somo twentj-tlvc who arc waiting for a
clinnco to c t list. Is responsible In a gie.it
measure for the short rations that navo
caused so much grumbling
'iho first suiglcal operation of the war,
as far as tin Thirteenth Is concerned,
took place this morning, when Surgeons
I'urke liluuclicrd and Keller removed a
Compms A man s ingrown toe-nail.
Adjutant Mattes todav was made to be
lieve that thole had been a repetition In
versely of tho first miracle. Yesterday ho
confiscated a keg of beer Last evening
tho cunliscatecs got hold of nn empty keg,
filled It with water, and while some of
them engaged the guard In conversation
olhi rs crawled under the back Hop of tho
tent and substituted tho keg containing
water for the one thit contained the beer,
Dillj services in tho doling Men's Chris
tlan association tent, bios, of the '.thir
teenth's camp, aro large lj nttended and
much use is maile of the correspondent h
tables, games and the other thoughtful
provisions of the state sccietnrv
Norman G Parke, of Company D, wis
todaj, bv request, trnnsfuiicd to the go
ernor's troop Ills lather, W. G. l'aikc,
was a visitor in camp todiy
Musician Jacob Clarke, of Companv E,
re-enllted In cimp
Captain Oilman, of Company D, Is regi
mental olllccr of the day, and Lieu nant
Berry officer ot tho guard l'rlv ito
It ilph Gregory, of Company D, Is col
onel's orderlj
Lieutenant Colonel C C. Mattes rn-
Joed the d.stlnctlon vesterdav ef serving
as division olllccr of the da.
B F Squter nnd Mis. n. M Rtr.etton
ure guests of Adjutant Stntton todav
Private l'ctrv, of Company A Is per
manent orderlv at brigade headqu erti rs.
Anv ex-D men oi others wishing to en
list In Compinv D should npplj. to Cap
tain W. A. Maj in the boaid of ti ulo
building
Compiny C was provost guntd vo-itcr-da
'1 hej e iijovcd being In town, at least
sich of thorn as were de tailed theie
Dr T C Wilton, of Stroudsburg, is tho
guest of Surgeon Keller.
T. J Duffy.
SECOND BRIGADE'S GOOD SKOWINQ
Only One Hundred nnd Four .Men
Refused to LnlUt.
Bv Associated Press.
Mount Grotna, Pa., May 3. The sol
diers of Western Pennsylvania, who
comprise the Second bilgade of the
state National guutel were given their
oppoitunity to ontoll themselves In the
volunteer seivlce of the United States
and their response to the call was at
ome lemaikable and inspiring Thiee
regiments and the light battery to u
man said they would follow the for
tunes of tho flag as volunteers, and not
one regimental company officer in the
entlte- bilgade made a negative an
swer to Inspector General Morrell's
question as to whether they desired a
commission. The banner regiments to
dav weie the Sixteenth, General
Wiley's old command, and tho Fif
teenth and Eighteenth There were
some declinations In the Fifth, Tenth
and Fourteenth regiments. The of
ficers and enlisted men on the Held
today numbered 3 073, and out of this
nbiiiboi but 101 enlisted men declined
to volunteei.
As was the case In the Tirst brigade
jesteidaysomeofllcers and men did not
teport in tho field, being either absent
on leave or detailed on necessary camp
routine duty These will leport indi
vidually to the Inspector general and
signify theli Intentions The ceremony
was pieelselv the same as yesterday,
with the exception that all ofllcets
and non-commissioned ofllcers done
away with undei the volunteei nimv
bill weie given an oppoitunity to vol
unteei Of the staff of ofllcers there
are the two battalion adjutants and
the inspector of rifle practice It was
decided today to em oil those ofllcers
as the hi vv might be amended to pio
v Ide for them Those of the First bri
gade who weie not given nn oppoi
tunltv to volunteer will infoim the in
speetoi geneial what they will do.
GOVL .NOIt WAS PRESENT
Governor Hastings and his staff were
piesent thioughout the eniollment, as
weie Majoi How man and Captain
Paxton, of the United Stutes. The lat
ter has been designated to tills camp
by the wm dcp.it tment to muster the
volunteei s Into that blanch of the sei
vico The same enthusiasm that pi ev ailed
vesteiday was manifested by soldiers
and civilians gathoied around the as
sembled leglments, and as each com
pany decimal Itself they applauded
v Igorously. As tho regiments returned
to quarters after enrollment tho men
of the other commands cheoied them,
nnd before the various companies
broke ranks the men gave thiee- i hoots
for old glory
Tomorrow General Gobln's bilgade
the Third, will be Inspected and eu
t oiled Doctois Pepper, of Philadel
phia, and Foster, of Pittsburg, tepoit
ed today to Major Hall, suigeon of the
Unlfd States armv The enrolled vol
unteei suigeons wete nil examined dur
ing the afteinoon bv the atmv sur
geon and the civilian assistants with
tespect to their qualifications to make
n ptoper examination of the volunteer
guatdsmen and tomonow all will re
ceive their commission and the mealcal
examination of tho men will begin
This will be rushed thiough Some of
the surgeons have already made an ex
amination and the second one will sim
ply be an ofllcial ono Major Thompson
today wlted to Washington for In
structions In icgaid to enlisting the
companies as they now mo with sixty
men and tecrult tlum to u minimum
war footing of 80 men. Some voiurun.
les aie expected to bo mustered to
moirow Battery H, of Plttsbutg, re
ceived 20 torriiitfl todav and Battel y A.
of Philadelphia, enlisted Oiviile Ulck
ol tho famous Yale football player,
burgeon Johnson, of the Sixteenth
teglment, examined his tegimcnt yes
tetday and ten men reported physically
unfit lecelved dlschnigo papoiu and
were sent home During the unroll
nient this afteinoon It was reported
that President MeKlnley had decided
not to appoint any generals fiom civil
life until the tegular army ofllcerb v.eio
exhausted.
The genoral ofllcers heard of the re
port but knew nothltg ubout It and
olilcers und men hoped It was untrue as
they felt much better service could lie
obtnlned with tho present geneial of-
fleers In coinmnnd A number ot men
of tho First brigade who declined to
volunteer yesterday decided tnrtny In
go and had the Inspector general make
tho necessary change.
SCRA1ST0N MAN INJURED
Received u Compound I'rncturo ol
Skull nnd Will Probably Ulo.
Lebanon, Pa., May 2 Atlhtir Divls,
of Scranlon, lecelved n compound frac
ture ot the skull by balm: run over by
a hand car on the mountain road to
dav. He wns n camp followci. He will
probably die. .
WAR INCREASES IMMIGRATION.
Ucllol In Europe 1 lint .Many Posi
tions Have lleeu Vacated Here.
Washington, May "I Labor Commis
sioner Powderlj e ailed at the war de
partment this motnlng to see Secretnry
Alger In behalf of a friend who seeks
an appointment In the volunteer at my.
While waiting to see the secretnry tho
commissioner remarked that the pros
pects of tho present war seemed to
have had the effect of Increasing the
Immigration to this country.
Mnnv of those who came believed
that the enlisting of a great number of
men In tho in my would have to bo
filled by others, und acknowledged they
had come here, believing more work
was to be had because of the war. The
figures foi Match show Hint tho in
crease in lmmlgintlon for that month
over this conespondlng period of the
preceding ear was 6,000
ARRESTED FOR AN ASSAULT.
Tvvn Lebanon t'ouclm Cnaao Iho
Denth nl n.Chlnnmnn.
Lebanon, Pa , Mny 3 Charles Jen
kins and Peter Lauri, both of this city,
wcro arrested here today ch.uged with
assaulting Dong Long, a Chilstlan Chi
nese meiehant, on the- evening of April
10, at Tenth and Spring stieots, Phil
adelphia. The Chinaman's skull was
fractured and he died tho next after
noon Jenkins admits his putlclpatlon In
the assault, but he refused to say who
his companion was Lauer is believed
to bo tho other man, nJtl.ough the po
lice aie not fullv satisfied and a third
arrest was m-iele liter in the diy. Tho
accused men are confined In sepal ate
cells in the county jail and will b
taken to Philadelphia Thursday morn
Ing.
LEITER'S WAR MILLIONS.
Gronl Operator snid to lie Interested
in n Scheme to ( orner July l bent.
Chicago, 111, May 3 The war has
made Joseph Leiti i millions of dollars
In" ono month wheat has advanced 30
cents a bushel In Liverpool and pulled
oung Letter out ot the Jaws of dis
aster Lelter's estimated piollts aie
tl 7u0 000 He Is prepailng to go abroad
The latest gossip Is that he Is inter
eited with the elevator and flour kings,
Peavey and PUlsbuiy, in a corner In
July wheat In the noithwest, and that
July campaign there will end his work.
He is not In Juli in this maikct ex
cept as a scalper
JONES DENIES IT AGAIN.
.Vntionnl Committee Chairman Did
Not tiy flnrrity Mould lie Expelled.
Washington, May 3. Concerning tho
published statement that Senator Jones
of Aikansas, chairman of tho Demo
cratic national committee, had expiess
ed the opinion that William F. Hntiity
will be expelled from the Demociatie
national committee, benator Jones this
evening baiel.
"I have expressed no such opinion to
anyone at anv time, neither privately
nor for publication Theie is not a
word of truth In it '
QORED BV A YOUNG BULL.
Narrow Escrepe from Donlh ot a
Turrnhnud.
Allnnv. May 3 While John Kifet. a
fat in hand 50 years old, employed em the
late Eiastus Coining's fat m at Ken
wood, was taking a young bull to tho
barn this morning the nnimal tinned
on him without w .lining and gored him
futlously
His gioln on the left side was ripped
open and ho would have been goied to
death had not his wife driven the bull
off with a pltchfoik. Kifet may not
recover.
POSfMASTER OF CUBA.
Ebeti lltficcr ol Pittaburg Will Or
gniil7n the Service.
Washington, Mny J. The postmaster
general today Issued an older to es
tablish postal service in tho Cuban
poit Hi st occupied by the United
States and appointed Ebon IJiewer, of
Pittsbuig, Pa, special agent of tho
department, to oiganize the work
The service will cover not only the
army mails for troops ordered to Cuba,
but mull of the oidlnaty character for
tho terrltoiy tempoiailly undei the uu
thoilty of our at my.
ARMY CORRESPONDENTS.
One Hundred and Thirtv-fivo Pastes
Ilnvii lieeii Issued.
Washington, May 3 One hundred
and thirty-five passes giving pei mis
sion for coi respondents of newspapeis
to accompany the atmv have so fai
been Issued by Secretuiy Algol
One of these wns to Mis K B Wat
kins, ropiesentiug a Toronto newspa
per, and Is the only one Issued up to
this time to a repiesentatlvo of the
gentler sex Many othei applications
have been tiled with the secretary
Surgeon ol tho (ill aril.
Hunlsbuig. May J Secretary ot the
Commonwealth Martin by direction ot
Governor Hastlrgs, Issued lommlssqons
tonight to tho surgeons in tho Pennsyl
vania National Guard who have been ex
amined the past two days by tho array
bond nt ('trail Hastings The plivsleians
will begin tomonow to cMinuue tlnj
troops foi mi stei into tho United States
service.
INevi N'owspnjior limit.
Jacksonville, Flu, May 3 Tho hate
Silencer was chirtcrcd today by the As
sociated Press ell a dispatch bunt at 1 y
Wost Shu Is a nuito of iho Dtuniliss
now in service, and will aid In getting the
news from the scono of the bloekudo She
la a fast bo it
Lochii'l Puriince lllovvii In.
Hairlsburg, Muy 1. Tho Lochlel fui
mice, In this city, which has been idlo
for muny years. Is being put In running
order to bo blown in The furnace will
b started In a month to manufacture
Bplcglo Iron for the exclusive uso ot tho
Ponnsvlviinla Steel comiunv.
GRAVE PROBLEMS
OF THE VICTORY
Question as to the Disposition of the
Philippines.
THF. FN'ITHD STATF.S NOT ANXlOl S
FOH MOIti: TDimilOUY-DtrFlCUL-THIS
OF AN F.XCHANUH Ol' Till:
ISLANDS-IT IS Till: PUItPOSH OF
conihi:ss to Ditivi: tiii: spa.n-
IAUD FHOM POUTO H1CO ALSO.
Washington, May 3. With the seiz
in e of Manila a grave problem arises
as to the disposition which shall be
made' of tho new teitltnry thus nc
liilied by American valor. It Is as
sumed that tho city at least will be
retained as tho fruits of tho victory,
and this would natuially cutty with
It the possession of the rest of tho Is
land. Hut tho United States has not
entered upon this war with the pui
poso of territorial iiggrniidlzment In
the far Fast, and there Is no expecta
tion In administration or congresslonnl
circles that tho occupation will become
permanent unless In tho event of new
complications The Islands, or so much
of them as may bo necessuiy to af
ford the American fleet in Asiatic wat
ers a base of supplies, will certainly
bo held until the close of the war, but
when tho tlmo conies for making dis
positions of them there may bo embur
tasslng circumstances to be consid
ered It Is pioposeel by Hepubllcan sena
tors that tho Philippines shall bo ox
changed with Cheat Hiltaln for the
Uahamus or for other British Insular
possessions In the West Indies, but It
Is ctilt probable that other European
nations would object to n swap of this
kind, which would Insure Great Urlt
nln a piedomlnatlng Influence In tho
far Fast It may be, therefore, that
the United States will bo obliged to
maintain a protectoiato over tho Phil
ippines The islands cannot be given
back to Spain, and theie will be objec
tions to their transfer to Oieut I3ilt
uln, Japan or any other power The
people ure hardly able to govern them
selves, and there would seem to bo no
way out of It except for the United
States to establish some kind of gov
ernment there and see to its protec
tion from aggression. This Is only ono
of the complications which are bound
to arise out of tho war.
PUHPOS13 OF CONC.UKSS.
Congress is determined that tho war
shall not end until Spain shall have
been driven out of the Western hem
isphere This means that Porto Itico
must be abandoned as well ns Cuba,
and nssurances have been given that
the senate w 111 not ratify nny treaty of
peace which docs not promise the ces
sion of Porto Ulco to the United States
as nn Indemnity for the war. It is not
known that the president feels ns
stiongly on this subject ns some oth
ers but the writer knows that n mes
sage has been conveyed unofficially
from the White House to the Ilrltlsh
foreign nfllce stntlng that the war will
not be closed ns long as Porto Klco or
any other piece of American territory
lemnins under the Spanish flag It Is
believed that this policy will be accept
able to the Ameiican people, and that
the administration would not be justi
fied In waging a costly war for the
liberation of Cuba nnei then leaving
Poito Itico subject to Spain's control
and liable to the same Insufferable
tieatment which has made Spain's
cnuiso in Cuba a stench In the nostrils
of the world.
SOME MKN OF MAINE.
Many of Her Moua Prominent Out-
niiln nl the Pine Trcu Stats.
From the Sun
Attention has been called recently to
the prominent position taken by some
lesldents of Maine in public affairs at
present, particular mention being made
of Mi. Heed, tho speaker of the house
of leoiesentatlves, Mr. Dingley, the
Hepubllcan leader In the house, Sec
totary of the Navy Long, Senator
Frye, who is chairman of the commit
tee on commeice, and Mr. Houtelle.who
Is chairman of tho house committee on
naval nlfalis These conspicuous pub
lic lepresontntlves, however, do not ex
haust the number of those Maine men
who ute vrv prominent Just now In
public nfiuirs In the United States The
present governor of New Yoik, Frank
S Illack, is a Maine man. a native of
tho town of Limlngton, In York coun
ty, one of the two counties which is
included In tho congressional distilct
of Speakei Heed, Cumberland county,
which includes Poitlind, of which Mi
Heed Is u native, being the other.
Oeotge C Perkins, of California, for
whose post in the senate theie is likely
to bo an active fight in the Golden
State this yeat. Is a native of .Maine,
bom at Kennebunkpoit, In the sume
county of which Goveinoi Illack is a
native In the house, Congiessman
Hllbotn, of the Oakland district of
California, Is u Maine man, as Is the
repiesentutlve of the Minneapolis dis
tilct in Minnesota. Congtossman
Fletehei was born In Kennebec coun
ty, which Includes the city of Augusta,
of which Secietary Ulaine was so long
a resident Congiessman Know les
(home uddiess, De.idwood), Populist
lopresentutlve of North Dakota, Is a
native of Maine, and ho strved In the
Fifteenth Maine regiment in the wai
Maine has been hugely repiesented
lu all the public depaitments of the
government nnd bv many conspicuous
statesmen, though theto has never been
Ib the eonsoit for ney lifo in untitle,
now vigor iu our uliU'ul s stems.
As tho fresh sup can it's lifo into tho
ticca, so our blood should give us
.icnevved strength and vigor. In
its Impmo stale it cannot do this,
ami tho aid of Ilood'ii bursapaiilla
is inipet utivuly needed.
It will puiily, vitalize-und enrich tho
blood, unit with this ol!d, coriect
foundation, it will build up good
health, create a good appetite, tone
your stomach und digest ivo in guns,
Btiengthcii your ncivcs nnd over
come or preveut that Hied feeling.
Tills has been tho experience of thou
sands. It will he yours if you tuko
Hood s
Sai-saparillaj'XK'-
cine and Wood l'urlflcr. Sold by nil druggists $1.
u,u run- ouro nausea, Indigestion,
norm s Pill's i.iha.ui ' j&rrntx.
CARPETS. WALLPAPERS.
3 ArBf
WILLIAMS &
a president born in Maine. The first
vice-president elected by the Hepubll
can party, Unnnlbal Hamlin, was n
Maine man, and so was Mr Blaine, tho
speaker of the house ot representatives
from 1S69 to 1875, a time of great Im
portance In the country's histoiy, Wil
liam Pitt Fessendcu was n Maine man
who succeeded Salmon P. Chase us sec
retary of the treasury before the close
of tho civil war. Horatio King, the
late postmastei -general before tho war,
was a Malnu man. Although Maine is
the extreme northeastetn stnto of tho
country nnd further every year from
the centre of population, nnd although
with tho multiplication o' states and
the Increase In the number of congres
sional districts, the voting strength of
the state is relatively reduced, she Is,
ir. consequence of the aptitude of so
many of her sons for public life, of
greater inlluence In national affairs at
I recent than nt, perhups, any previ
ous time Maine has but four congress
men and but six electoral votes, less
than Arkansas or South Carolina, but
her political Influence Is fnr-reachlng,
nnd this is In no lespect clue to the
Increase of population, for Malnp Is con
stantly losing much of Its "old stock"
by emigration, whereas the newcom
ers Into the state are, for the most part,
French-Canadians, who are listless
and Indifferent, many of them, In tho
peifotmanee of their political duties
or In the part which they take In pub
lic affaiis.
NO MOIti: ItKXRYS.
One Point ot Ulflorence llotvveon tho
Preacher nnd llin Native.
From tho Washington Post.
Anent bo much talk Just nt this time
about patriotism and Americanism,
which one hears at every turn, there
Is occasional mention made of some
grand old colonial statesman who Is
doseiving to be called Both a patriot
and an Ameiican. It was while dis
cussing such chaiacters, as against
cheap, sentimental patrljtlsm, that a
man who takes a trip out of Wash
ington once In a while told the follow
ing story the other night
lie was travelling through ono of
those picturesque valleys of the Old
Dominion, vvhete nature has been most
lavish In bestowing beautiful scenery
the winding river, the fertile meadows,
the hills rising in the distance, and all
that The train stopped at a small
station; the conductor did not even an
nounce its name, us the halt was only
made to take on fuel and water. Some
one remarked to a stranger, evidently
n clergyman, in front of him, that the
town was the birth place of Patrick
Henry Oui friend's attention, at
tracted ot thlfl, he looked nut of the
window and saw a small, tumble-down
shanty, a pile of cord wood, and a ft-vv
houses Hut the clerical gentleman
arose and went to the platform Gaz
ing out upon the gorgeous beauties of
nature, ho exclaimed, dramatically
"Oh, what glorious hills, what bracing
atmosphere, what a cluttmlng climate,
what a fertile soil, ah, It Is no wonder
that a Patilek Heniy should be born
here "
Just then a uistic old Viiginla far
mer, with hayseed in his hair and milk
on his boots, who heard the remark,
turned nbout, and walking tow aid the
admiring traveler leplied In charactei
Istle diawl. "Waal, stianger. I've lived
heie nl' on ter fifty ye.tis, nnd them air
! hills ain't budged ifn inch, this alt kind
of ulr and sunshine is Jest about as
braey as I've evei knowed It to be, my
sweet pertater crop was fully as big
this yeur as 'twar last, but for my part,
I ain't seen no mote Patrick Henty's
layln' aiound loose." And the tiain
moved on
BASE BALL.
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Kinneils unil Kjjii. L'miilicj Lviuh una
Connolly.
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I'uviiu and Smith, Pmplre.i I.vncli .mil
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At Wellington- i: II i:
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At Chicago- 11 II i;
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mnl Dexti't. I'mplies Cushnun and
llcjdler.
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Some one lias said, "Style is the
dress of thought." Do you realize
when one visits your home how
the furnishings tell the character of
the occupant? In one home you
will find ordinary inoffensive styles,
that's the "thoughless" buyer. In
another hideous colors and won
derful designs. That's the "care
less" buyer. In another dainty,
graceful designs, harmonious col
ors, the work of artistic people.
Which will you choose ?
Wc Arc Headquarters for New,
Novel, Artistic Carpets nnd Dra
perlcs, Exclusive, Choice, Trl
vatc Designs In Wall Pnpcrs nnd
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McANULTY
OF SGRANTON.
Special Attention Given to BusU
ncss nnd Personal Accounts,
Liberal Accommodations ex
tended According to ii.iluncca and
Responsibility.
SPcr Cent. Interest Allowed on
Interest Deposits.
Capital, -Surplus,
-Undivided
Profits,
$200,000
350,000
79,000
WJI. CONNELL, President.
IIENRYBELIN.Jr., Vice Prcs.
WILLIAM U. PECK, Cashier
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Our optician, Mr. Adams, can fit
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very reasonable.
130 Wyoming Ava,
Seeds
AND-
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the:
INT k
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AND
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